"The U.S. government is in mode, the economy is stuck in stagflation , and American democracy is . But none of that stopped the Trumps from shrugging off these worldly burdens and celebrating the U.S. Navy's 250th anniversary with pomp and balderdash in Virginia on Sunday. As first lady Melania Trump said to the world's most powerful maritime fleet not once, not twice, but three times: "Hooyah, Navy!""
"In his own speech, in classic Donald Trump fashion, he declared that what was meant to be government business was in fact feeding his cult of personality: "Let's face it. This is a rally." He then seemed to confuse the crowd of 10,000 uniformed mariners with mermen, rambling, "Every part of this globe are sailors have fought with courage in their hearts, patriotism in their souls, and salt water in their veins. You have that salt water. Don't let the doctors change it.""
"If you're having déjà vu, you're not going crazy: Trump bragged about this in 2015, and his claims were debunked then (but "truth" has never been a concept he's really cared about, even a decade ago). To be fair, Trump did mention bin Laden in the book-but not as a warning, merely as a passing reference to various headlines of the day."
The Trumps celebrated the U.S. Navy's 250th anniversary in Virginia with theatrical pomp despite domestic political and economic troubles. Melania Trump repeatedly shouted "Hooyah, Navy!" to the assembled fleet. Donald Trump framed the event as a rally and shifted focus to himself, delivering rambling remarks that mixed maritime praise with odd imagery and warnings not to "let the doctors change" sailors. He claimed prior foresight about Osama bin Laden based on a 2000 book, asserting he had warned about bin Laden before 9/11. Independent scrutiny and past debunking indicate the book contained only passing references, not an explicit warning.
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